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« on: September 03, 2018, 04:59:43 pm »
What house or apartment have you seen on a tv show or a movie that you really love?

I would move into Frasier's brother Niles's condo in a hot second. It has beautiful woodwork and I love the split-level dining room.

Where would you move in, if you could?

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« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2018, 06:00:12 pm »
Downton Abbey...provided I had the downstairs staff to look after it!

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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2018, 10:48:08 am »
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« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2018, 11:21:17 am »
Bag-End.
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« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2018, 01:09:52 pm »
Lorelai Gilmore's house.

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« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2018, 03:26:52 pm »
I actually went to Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey) as a tourist this past spring; we lucked out and were in England when it was open to visitors.  It's about an hour train ride outside of London.  Was really mindboggling to be standing there and going right in the front door used on the show.  All the furnishings in the TV program are the actual ones in the house -- so it all looked very familiar. 

What surprised me the most was that the front door, and pretty much all the other woodwork, was a lot more dry and beat-up than you would think.  I was itching to give it all a good coat of lemon oil.  Many of the furnishings were threadbare especially up in "Lady Grantham's bedroom" and the like.  In the red room used by the unfortunate Mr. Pamuk, there were tears in the carpet, and in another bedroom the veneer literally was peeling off the armoire.  My jaw was agape.  The bathrooms were OK -- large but not particularly luxurious.  In some of the bedrooms there were modern-day books and magazines on the dressers; you could tell which rooms the family used when staying there. 

It really was  a cool thing to see in person!  I've got a snapshot on my mantle of the house and one of the big trees -- it was a misty somewhat rainy day so very atmospheric.  There is a bustling gift shop -- I got a few tea towels as gifts but wanted to snatch up a lot more -- only lack of luggage space kept me in check. 

The kitchens below gorund were not the same as in the tv series; they were filmed in a studio -- but the utilitarian staircases the servants used were there.  The Highclere kitchens were similar but were decked out as tearooms, and were serving a full roast & vegetable & potatoes type luncheon while we were there (we did not partake.)  The grounds were plainer than I would have imagined but there was one greenhouse/garden area off a ways from the house that i peeked at, where things appeared to be cultivated. 

Otherwise it was just large lawns and meadows; with woods and such nearby -- the cab driver told us the lawns were tended to by sheep on the days tourists were not permitted.  Highclere is a working estate and there were hundreds of sheep in nearby fields including the most adorable white, grey and black tiny lambs frisking, jumping and kicking their heels -- we even saw triplets from the cab -- I said "are they bred for wool?" and the taximan sort of hesitated and replied "Er, some of them are..." so I try not to think that some of those dear little friskers ended up as part of the roast dinner! 

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« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2018, 03:30:55 pm »
I actually went to Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey) as a tourist this past spring; we lucked out and were in England when it was open to visitors.  It's about an hour train ride outside of London.  Was really mindboggling to be standing there and going right in the front door used on the show.  All the furnishings in the TV program are the actual ones in the house -- so it all looked very familiar. 

What surprised me the most was that the front door, and pretty much all the other woodwork, was a lot more dry and beat-up than you would think.  I was itching to give it all a good coat of lemon oil.  Many of the furnishings were threadbare especially up in "Lady Grantham's bedroom" and the like.  In the red room used by the unfortunate Mr. Pamuk, there were tears in the carpet, and in another bedroom the veneer literally was peeling off the armoire.  My jaw was agape.  The bathrooms were OK -- large but not particularly luxurious.  In some of the bedrooms there were modern-day books and magazines on the dressers; you could tell which rooms the family used when staying there. 

It really was  a cool thing to see in person!  I've got a snapshot on my mantle of the house and one of the big trees -- it was a misty somewhat rainy day so very atmospheric.  There is a bustling gift shop -- I got a few tea towels as gifts but wanted to snatch up a lot more -- only lack of luggage space kept me in check. 

The kitchens below gorund were not the same as in the tv series; they were filmed in a studio -- but the utilitarian staircases the servants used were there.  The Highclere kitchens were similar but were decked out as tearooms, and were serving a full roast & vegetable & potatoes type luncheon while we were there (we did not partake.)  The grounds were plainer than I would have imagined but there was one greenhouse/garden area off a ways from the house that i peeked at, where things appeared to be cultivated. 

Otherwise it was just large lawns and meadows; with woods and such nearby -- the cab driver told us the lawns were tended to by sheep on the days tourists were not permitted.  Highclere is a working estate and there were hundreds of sheep in nearby fields including the most adorable white, grey and black tiny lambs frisking, jumping and kicking their heels -- we even saw triplets from the cab -- I said "are they bred for wool?" and the taximan sort of hesitated and replied "Er, some of them are..." so I try not to think that some of those dear little friskers ended up as part of the roast dinner! 

Have you seen "Mary Berry's Country House Secrets?" She cooks in the kitchens/with the staff or family of several stately homes. Highclere is episode 1, I believe.


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« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2018, 03:54:35 pm »
No, but i love Mary Berry -- will try to find the show streaming.  Thanks!

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« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2018, 03:59:25 pm »
No, but i love Mary Berry -- will try to find the show streaming.  Thanks!

She is the best. I want to be her when I grow up.

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« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2018, 05:40:17 pm »
yeah, I love her -- so sorry about the GBBO debacle. 

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« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2018, 12:48:27 pm »
You might find this of interest: https://hookedonhouses.net/category/houses-onscreen/

Thank you so much for this!   I think I now have a new playground to go to on rainy days.   :-* :D
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« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2018, 02:12:15 pm »
That link is wonderful! I do wish, however, that more of the older shows were included such as I Love Lucy and Mission Impossible. I don't remember the original Lucy ones but when I see a rerun I notice how mid-century modern they were and probably how much MCM fans would love to just move in.

Mission Impossible always opened with the leader in his apartment. There were two leaders (Dan Briggs in the first season and Jim Phelps in the others) and their apartments were very similar, done in blacks, whites and grays,, very clean without being boring. (The team, when it gathered for the briefing was always in the same colors.) Even now the room decoration looks up-to-date and sophisticated. Whoever designed it did a wonderful job that has staying power.

ETA: Wikipedia has this to say: Although the series was shot in color, the apartment had a color scheme composed of black, white, and shades of gray, such that the apartment was sometimes referred to off-camera as the black-and-white room (Steven Hill once suggested that an American flag be placed on a wall of Briggs' apartment, but Bruce Geller vetoed it in order to maintain the color scheme).
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« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2018, 01:21:56 pm »
 I want the mansion that you see at the end of the movie Skyfall, which I think in the movie was called “Skyfall”.  I loved all of the woodwork, bookcases, shelves, and in general the decorations before he burnt the mansion down.  Wish I could have gone on a tour of the entire house.

And I agree, I would love to have Bag End.  I have mentioned to my husband that if we win the lottery, I want to build a hobbit hole. ;DI have mentioned to my husband that if we win the lottery, I want to build a hobbit hole. ;D

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« Reply #14 on: September 11, 2018, 03:23:23 pm »
Apparently the Skyfall house was built for the movie and does not exist offscreen.

https://scenetherapy.com/fictional-homes-james-bonds-ancestral-home-skyfall/
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